TRENTON, NJ: Johnson & Johnson's communications strategy following the announcement that CEO Bill Weldon will step down from his post in April is to emphasize that the decision was years in the making.
“We have been stressing that this leadership transition is the result of a rigorous, thorough, multi-year succession-planning process," Bill Price, VP of media relations at J&J, told PRWeek.
In December 2010, the company named two vice chairs: Alex Gorsky and Sheri McCoy. Gorsky will become CEO on April ...